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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: mart6 on April 10, 2017, 08:59:05 pm
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Been a busy year this year.
One of my favorite does kidded early (couple of weeks premature) had triplets a large buck, medium doe and a smaller doe, probably was for best judging by size of buck and they had obviously been cramped up.
Birth went problem free but is was soon obvious that things were not going to be straight forward.
Smallest doe was the only one that attempted to stand at all.
Ensured all three received mothers colostrum every couple of hours.
Eight hours later no joy ,it was obvious it was going to be a full on bottle feed from the start
Kept mother in pen and divided it with hurdle to avoid any mishaps.
Took a full week of bottle feeding before the smallest doe stood up, decided i would see if she would suckle to my surprise she did and mother excepted her, buoyed by success was hopeful others would follow.
Next morning to my horror other doe and buck kid had terrible diarrhea, stopped milk and gave electrolytes for 18 hours before giving milk again. doe looked really ill and never expected her to recover.
Following morning they were both looking a little better.
Doe i returned to mother was thriving and running about,so efforts continued with other two still bottle feeding.
It took a full tree weeks before the buck stood up, tried to get him to suckle mother no joy , so continued bottle feeding. Over next couple of days he started walking better and towards the end of the week running.
The final doe was still not standing and prospects were not looking good. Continued bottle feeding her for another week then yesterday she finally stood up, very unsteady and fell over.
Today she managed a few steps, was great to see.
Its been a long job but the outcome was well worth the sleepless nights.
Took the last doe 4 weeks to stand up, never thought in my wildest dreams i would see this outcome
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Well done you. Very good news.
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Wow. I'm very impressed I am not sure I would have thought to persevere that long.
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well done, a good feeling when things eventually come right, hope they continue to.
but it may be well to find out why, do you give mum mineral supplements? I havent seen it, but ive heard selenium deficiency can cause problems regarding kids standing.
What sort is she?
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Well done for trying so hard with them. You deserve to have won.
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well done, a good feeling when things eventually come right, hope they continue to.
but it may be well to find out why, do you give mum mineral supplements? I havent seen it, but ive heard selenium deficiency can cause problems regarding kids standing.
What sort is she?
They are Boers , never had problems in past they have access to licks and minerals.
Started adding captrivite to feed as well now to ensure its not a mineral issue
They were premature but think white muscle could of been a issue, they were given a dose of selenium and daily vitamin e.
They are now coming along great and its nice to see things work out., fingers crossed it continues.